Hothouse Flower.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)

Hothouse Flower (unabr.). 4 CDs. 4:33 hrs. Prod. by Chivers Children's Audio Books. Dist. by BBC Audiobooks America. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4056-5981-9. $34.95.

Gr 4-7--Can getting hit by a bus change your life for the better? Chloe Wells survives the accident with injuries serious enough to keep her in the children's ward of the hospital for several weeks. As a homeschooled student of intellectual parents, she is brilliant at solving math equations, but not as skilled at making friends. She has always been protected by her close-knit family, like a hothouse flower, and they are her entire social circle. When she makes friends with two children her own age in the hospital, Chloe …